IS BISHOP EDDIE LONG OK?

According to controversial pastor Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia Georgia, he claims that his shocking weight loss is due to a new vegan diet which has made him healthier than he has been in years. Not solong ago, Bishop Long was accused by several young men of allegedly coercing them into sexual relations. The young men claimed that the pastor offered gifts, trips, and emotional and spiritual guidance that eventually led to sexual relations. One of the young men, Maurice Robinson, charged in court records that his relationship with Bishop Long began when he was 15 and that on a trip to New Zealand the two engaged in sexual acts.

Bishop Eddie Long Says His Shocking Weight Loss Is Result of Vegan Diet, Says He Is Healthy as Ever

In the video that he posted online he explained;

“This is Bishop Long, you say ‘Bishop! What happened to all of you?’ Well all of me is melting away,” Long began in the video.

“I’ve been getting a lot of calls, people saying ‘Bishop, what’s going on?’ Well, I said to my congregation, I’m gonna live to be 100-years-old, maybe have a few more years. But you know what? I wasn’t gonna get there stopping by Popeye’s you know. That was my weakness, the biscuits with the honey and chicken wings, spicy and all of that,” he continued.

He then explains how he was able to improve his health with his new “somewhat vegan” diet.

“You know, basically, many of us are still eating from a slave menu and need to check that. I have gone total raw vegetable, that’s right, total raw vegetable and so I’m somewhat of a vegan. And for all you vegans out there I never thought I’d do this, never thought it but I am and it’s really, really given me a lot of energy. Yes, I’ve lost weight, I don’t have the arms like I used to but they coming back but I don’t want all that weight. I want health, and I want you to know that I’m on zero medications. My blood pressure is 120/80. I used to take blood pressure pills, medication for years and all of that,” he confessed.

“No medications. I’m on the medication that God gave to feed your immune system, to build you up, because you know what? If you really want to move through this world and have influence, you gotta be spiritual, you gotta walk by his commandments and you know you have to be healthy. You know the Bible says ‘Behold I want you to be in health,’ and the prosperity and all of that and so I want to be in good health because I know God’s given me something for me, for the church for the kingdom and he’s given you something,” he said in the video.